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CS-5565: Network Architecture and Protocols

Description: 5565: Principles and concepts of networking and protocols, with emphasis on data link, network, and transport protocols. Contemporary and emerging networks and protocols to illustrate concepts and to provide insight into practical networks including the Internet. Quantitative and qualitative comparisons of network architectures and protocols. 5566: Performance evaluation, design, and management of networks. Use of queuing and other analytical methods, simulation, and experimental methods to evaluate and design networks and protocols. Network management architectures and protocols. Graduate standing in EE, ECE, CS, or IT required.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: STAT-4714

Required By: CS-5566, CS-6564

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: ECE-5565

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 36

Average GPA: 3.49 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 46.69%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.20%

Yaling Yang202168.2%29.3%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.619
Yao Liang200662.8%37.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.583
Thomas C Clancy201328.6%71.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.291
Haining Wang201985.8%14.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.802
Godmar V Back201270.9%24.6%2.3%2.3%0.0%0.0%3.614
Nainay Mustafa Y El201062.5%37.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.591
Yiwei T Hou201450.0%50.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.453
Amitabh Mishra200653.6%37.3%9.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.302
Staff Silva201129.1%34.1%27.8%0.0%9.1%0.0%2.772
Wu Chun Feng201079.4%17.9%2.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.723
Liguang Xie2015100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.801
Shaddi H Hasan202349.7%42.3%4.5%0.0%0.0%3.6%3.482
Srinidhi Varadarajan201191.7%8.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.891
Mohamed Y Eltoweissy200921.2%48.5%16.0%0.0%14.3%0.0%2.602

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